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• CORRECTING and REPLACING Dow AgroSciences Receives First International Patent Publication for Lead Commercial Event in Herbicide Tolerant Traits

  March 01

  INDIANAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Headline of release should read: Dow AgroSciences Receives First International Patent Publication for Lead Commercial Event in Herbicide Tolerant Traits (sted Dow AgroSciences Receives First International Patent for Lead Commercial Event in Herbicide Tolerant Traits). The release reads: DOW AGROSCIENCES RECEIVES FIRST INTERNATIONAL PATENT PUBLICATION FOR LEAD COMMERCIAL EVENT IN HERBICIDE TOLERANT TRAITS Dowmore...
• Dow AgroSciences Shares Growth Equation: Staying the Course

  February 09

  INDIANAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dow AgroSciences’ growth equation and staying on its current growth course was the focus of a presentation to investors made by Antonio Galindez, president and CEO of Dow AgroSciences. Galindez spoke to investors today at the Goldman Sachs 15th Annual Agricultural Biotech Forum in New York City. At the conference, Galindez reinforced the company’s commitment to technology and innovation. A key part of the company’s growth equation ismore...
• Omega-9 Oils Deliver on the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for a Healthier America

  January 31

  With two-thirds of Americans either obese or overweight, the food industry has the opportunity to play a key role in public health by selecting healthier ingredients. The recently released 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans affirm that the type of fat consumed is more important than the amount of fat. Not only do the new recommendations call for a reduction in saturated fat intake, they encourage the consumption of “good fats” by replacingmore...
• Dow AgroSciences Says Proposed Phase Out of Food Tolerances for Sulfuryl Fluoride Would Hinder Protection of the U.S. Food Supply

  January 14

  INDIANAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dow AgroSciences is disappointed with EPA’s announcement of a proposal for a multi-year phase out of food tolerances for sulfuryl fluoride, a material important to the sustainability of the U.S. food supply. EPA’s proposed action offers no meaningful public health or environmental benefits and would actually detract from U.S. public health goals. EPA has said that it will open a 90-day public comment period for stakeholder inputmore...
• DuPont, Dow Resolve Dispute about Marketing of Certain Corn Seed Products

  January 11

  INDIANAPOLIS & WILMINGTON, Del.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dow AgroSciences, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company, and DuPont business Pioneer Hi-Bred have resolved a dispute regarding the marketing of certain corn seed products sold through Pioneer’s PROaccessSM business unit. As part of the resolution, Pioneer will continue to distribute products through its PROaccess business unit, with modified packaging. Further details were not disclosed. Growers play a critical role inmore...
• Dow AgroSciences Identifies Lead Molecule in Collaboration with GVK Biosciences

  January 11

  INDIANAPOLIS & HYDERABAD, India--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dow AgroSciences LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW), announced today that the company has identified a new lead molecule for advancement in its alliance with GVK Biosciences (GVK BIO), Asia’s leading Contract Research Organization. This newly identified lead compound has been selected for its ability to address a key product goal in support of Dow AgroSciences’ growing agricultural chemicals businessmore...
• Avicta Complete Cotton and PhytoGen Cottonseed Team Up To Help Critically Ill Children

  January 07

  Avicta® Complete Cotton and PhytoGen® cottonseed have created the “Fiber of Giving” cotton drive to help critically ill children and their families through the Believe In Tomorrow™ Children’s Foundation . The “Fiber of Giving” campaign, beginning at the Beltwide Cotton Conference January 4 through 7, 2011, encourages cotton growers, retailers and interested participants to donate cotton goods such as sheets, towels,more...
• Dow AgroSciences Expands with New Seed Research Site in Minnesota

  December 15

  Dow AgroSciences has announced the construction of a new Seeds Research and Development expansion in Olivia, Minn. Research on corn and soybeans will be conducted at the site for Mycogen Seeds and other Dow AgroSciences seed affiliates. The 11 acre site, approximately 90 miles west of Minneapolis, will have an office and seed processing building and an equipment storage and shop building. Olivia is also home to a Dow AgroSciences Customer Service and Seeds Operations site."The constructionmore...
• Dow AgroSciences Expands Seed Research Sites in the Midwest

  December 02

  Plenty of productivity is sprouting from four new or recently renovated Dow AgroSciences seed research sites in Indiana and Illinois. The company has invested more than $6.7 million dollars of capital into building, leasing, and renovating its sites in Fowler, Ind.; Otterbein, Ind.; Sidney, Ill.; and West Lafayette, Ind. Plans call for approximately 10 jobs to be added among the Fowler, Otterbein, and Sidney sites in the future. About 30 people will be employed at the West Lafayette researchmore...
• Federal Judge Rules Pioneer’s PROaccess Business Violates 1995 Agreement with Mycogen

  November 19

  INDIANAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A federal judge has granted partial summary judgment in favor of Mycogen Seeds, an affiliate of Dow AgroSciences, in a lawsuit against Pioneer Hi-Bred International. Mycogen challenged Pioneer’s right to sell corn hybrids containing Herculex® Insect Protection to regional seed companies through Pioneer’s PROaccess business, as it interferes with its exclusive right to license the Herculex Insect Protection traitmore...